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Highest Utilities Bill Ever!
Jul. 20th, 2009 06:35 pmI got my highest utility bill ever (for me) today. And I did it with:
* a high-efficiency central air conditioner
* a nice three-month AC air filter that I replace monthly
* turning the AC off all day while we go to work, even though it's 86 in the house when we get home
* never cooling the house below 75 degrees
* plenty of insulation
* solar screens on all the windows
* solar film on some windows
* curtains, blinds, and/or tin foil on most windows
* the lightest color roof shingles my roofer offered
* mostly fluorescent light bulbs
* a low-flow shower head
It was kind of boiling hot every single day, as if it were August, and we did water a million tomato plants, and I'm still working on re-growing those fallen shade trees, but still.
* a high-efficiency central air conditioner
* a nice three-month AC air filter that I replace monthly
* turning the AC off all day while we go to work, even though it's 86 in the house when we get home
* never cooling the house below 75 degrees
* plenty of insulation
* solar screens on all the windows
* solar film on some windows
* curtains, blinds, and/or tin foil on most windows
* the lightest color roof shingles my roofer offered
* mostly fluorescent light bulbs
* a low-flow shower head
It was kind of boiling hot every single day, as if it were August, and we did water a million tomato plants, and I'm still working on re-growing those fallen shade trees, but still.